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Houston, Texas - 21 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Yes Prep Public Schools Inc #495 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,230 per pupil, Yes Prep Public Schools Inc ranks #729 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
16,366
Total Enrollment
21
Schools
$12,230
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Yes Prep Public Schools Inc operates 21 public schools serving 16,366 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 21 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,230 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 8.6% local, 73.8% state, and 17.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #495 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 13 of 21 schools offering Advanced Placement (132 AP courses district-wide), a 417.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% African American, 1.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Southside El, with a diversity index of 52.4/100.
Its largest campus is Yes Prep - Southwest, enrolling 1,060 students (6% of the district's total enrollment).
Yes Prep Public Schools Inc has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 85.2% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Yes Prep Public Schools Inc student-counselor ratio is 417:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Yes Prep Public Schools Inc chronic absenteeism rate is 25.7% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Yes Prep Public Schools Inc is typically wider than the Yes Prep Public Schools Inc-aggregate figure suggests.